Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 2

SUBJECT:  ENGLISH LANGUAGE      

CLASS:  JSS2

DATE:

TERM: 3RD TERM

REFERENCES

• Effective English JSS 2 by Evans
• Exam focus for JSCE by BolajiAremo et al
• The New Student’s Companion by Up et al
• English Grammar for JSS by P.O. Olatunbosun
• College Essays for Basic 8 by C.O. Odetula
• Sunrise Poetry by OlusolaFadiya

WEEK EIGHT

TOPIC: Word Formation

CONTENT

Review of Prefix and Suffix

Affixes are small word bits like –s, -ed added to the base forms of particular words. Affixes are of two main types: prefix and suffix.

Prefixes are affixes added to the base form of words.

Examples:      Prefix       Word                Word formed

Un            happy                 unhappy

Non           violent                 non-violen

Il                logical                 illogical

Im               patience             impatience

                           In                 accurate             inaccurate

                           Dis              connect             disconnect

Mis              calculate             miscalculate

                          Super           star                       superstar

                           Over              eat                    overeat

                          Pre               independence       pre-independence 

                          Post             primary                post-primary 

     Suffixes are added to the end of the base forms. Examples: 

                Suffixes              Word           Word formed 

                  Ness                 happy              happiness 

Ify                    diverse                diversify  

                 En                     dark                       darken 

Ful                    spoon                    spoonful 

                  Al                      nation                  national 

                 Ship                    owner                ownership 

                 Or                      act                        actor 

                Ion                       educate               education 

                Hood                   child                      childhood

               Less                     power                      powerless

EVALUATION

Underline the prefixes or suffixes in the following words: counterattack, downwards, subhuman, disappointment, assistant, introduction, clockwise, illiterate, maltreat, hypercautious. 

READING ASSIGNMENT

Exam Focus English JSSCE p. 96-100.

TOPIC: Speech Work

CONTENT: Revising the Sounds: / ae/ and /a:/

Listen and say the following word

/ ae/     /a:/

Ban       barn

Cat          cart

Pat            part

Hat            hart

Bat            bart

As             ask

Pack          park

EVALUATION 

Write two words for each of these sounds.

TOPIC: Writing 

CONTENT: An Account of Outing for School Magazine. 

Study the instruction of p. 228 and write the account of p. 222

TOPIC: Vocabulary Development

CONTENT: Prepositions 

Study the preposition on pp 223-224 and answer the questions on them.

TOPIC: Literature: Sunrise Poetry 

CONTENT: Ajantala

This poem is an ancient Yoruba poem that discusses the mischief of a mysterious child –Ajantala

EVALUATION

Activities 1-2 p.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Effective English p. 227 (noun phrases).

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISION QUESTIONS

1. Write an essay on the title ‘My Future Ambition’.
2. Give the comparative and superlative form of the following words: a.soon b. hard        c. fast        d. early     e. beautiful 

1. Change the following sentences to past perfect tense,

• e.g I eat rice and beans before going to school.

Ans. I had eaten rice and beans before going to school.

Now, do these:

1. Ade sees the plane when it takes off.
2. John and Nash meet with Ade after the programme. 
3. My teacher flogs me for coming late.
4. We take the money before my father returns.
5. Bode has finished his work before going home. 

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

Exam Focus p. 103 Revision Exercises A and  B .